NPR’s Losing ‘Virginity’: Olive Oil’s ‘Scandalous’ Fraud gives a good overview of the importance of olive oil labeling and the tricks used to get around the rules, with Tom Mueller, author of Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil.
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December 15, 2011
I heard that on NPR yesterday. It is amazing to me how many (fraudulent) labels for OLIVE OIL there are…!